From IGN's A Hat in Time Review: "Disclosure: IGN Entertainment, IGN’s parent company, recently purchased Humble Bundle, the publisher of A Hat in Time. Aside from its creative hats and hat-based abilities, A Hat in Timenever exactly feels like an inventive platformer. But it does its job well, even while suffering from the occasionally awkward camera issues that 3D platformers are often known for. It stands out, though, for its infectious and endearingly goofy personality, its creative and widely different levels, and its enjoyable platforming."

Disclosure: IGN Entertainment, IGN’s parent company, recently purchased Humble Bundle, the publisher of A Hat in Time. This technically makes us the publisher. (We didn’t actually know about that when this review was being written.) Humble Bundle and IGN operate completely independently, but going forward, all Humble Bundle-published games we cover will have a disclosure regarding our relationship, and we will endeavor to use freelance critics to review them when possible.

From IGN's Cuphead Review: "As tough as it is beautiful, Cuphead won't be to everyone's tastes, but there's absolutely no doubting its quality. Rather than simply offering the player what they want, Cuphead makes them earn that right – the rewards, if you can hack the tests, are absolutely worth it. Cuphead is incredible for more than just its looks. But before you dive in, make sure you actually want a game that plays like this, and not just a game that looks like this."

"Hollow Knight is a triumph of modern metroidvania game design. It’s set in a sprawling subterranean kingdom inhabited by adorable bug people - but it’s a kingdom long past its prime, and there’s history and lore to find hidden in every corner. The world is twisting and non-linear, with dozens of branching paths broken up by challenging platforming sections and epic boss fights. Hollow Knight’s world is massive and rich, and it’s up to you to decide how you want to jump, dash, and fight your way through it."

From IGN's Little Nightmares Review: "Like Hide and Seek, Little Nightmares confidently captures the exhilarating fear of waiting to be found by something that’s hunting you. But it also replicates the alien horror of being a child that doesn’t understand what’s happening to and around them, and of a seemingly familiar environment turned into a series of opportunities for safety and danger. Smart, grotesque and never-endingly weird, this is a very different, extremely welcome kind of horror game that will leave you wanting more than its brief five hours provides."

From IGN's Rain World Review: "Rain World is a maddening thing, because of quite how special it could have been. Beautiful environments, incredible animations and enticingly hazy mechanics are fantastic, but the sheer cruelty of how it’s pieced out to the player transcends challenge and becomes an unwanted trial."

From IGN's Top 25 Switch Games: "Dozens of retro-inspired 2D platforming games will likely come to Switch in its lifespan, but Slime-San’s unique blend of early Amiga game graphics, time-bending mechanics, and wet, slimy protagonist will continue to set it apart. With over 200 levels, tons of hidden collectibles, unlockable costumes and secret areas, hardcore platforming game players will find a ton to love in Slime-San."

From IGN's Sonic Mania Review: "Even when Sonic Mania stumbles a bit, it’s only on little speedbumps in the road. It truly is the classic throwback longtime series fans have been clamoring for, but there’s plenty to love here even if you didn’t grow up with a Genesis. Sonic Mania is a stellar example of a retro revival done right."

From IGN's Sundered Review: "Sundered takes the 2D Metroidvania platforming formula augments it with some successful ideas that all but reward you for dying. Its procedurally generated levels are hit and miss, as the dynamic parts come off as bland in comparison to Sundered's impressive hand-drawn areas and epic boss fights."

From IGN's Super Mario Odyssey Review: "Mario’s games have been around for almost as long as game consoles have been a thing, but thankfully, he’s always evolving. Super Mario Odyssey delivers on that ongoing promise of originality and innovation: It distills the venerable series’ joyful, irreverent world and characters and best-in-class platforming action, and introduces a steady stream of new and unexpected mechanics. It’s all spun together into a generational masterpiece."

From IGN's Awesome Games Roundup: "Another challenging 2D platformer like Meat Boy, The End Is Nigh stands out with the way it strings together over 600 single-challenge screens to create an interconnected open-world adventure. It isn’t quite a Metroidvania, but there’s plenty of room for backtracking and discovering hidden rooms and secrets rather than following a linear path through each puzzle. While it’s darker in tone than Meat Boy (the black blob of a hero is reminiscent of Edmund McMillen’s earlier game, Gish), it still has that same crude humor you’ll either love or hate about McMillen’s work. But as a silly post-apocalyptic platformer, it does the job and does it well."